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:''This article is about the satellite studio of Bungie which made Oni. For the company proper, see [[wikipedia:Bungie|Wikipedia's article]]. For a complete list of the specific names behind Oni, see the [[Credits]] page. For the list of companies associated with Oni, see [[Rights]].''
{{Hatnote|This article is about the satellite studio of Bungie which made Oni. For the company proper, see [[wp:Bungie|Wikipedia's article]]. For a complete list of the specific names behind Oni, see the [[Credits]] page. For the list of companies associated with Oni, see [[Rights]].}}
 
 
[[Image:Big brains equals huge game.jpg|thumb|left|227px|Ten key members of the Bungie West team (click for names).]]
[[Image:Big brains equals huge game.jpg|thumb|left|227px|Ten key members of the Bungie West team (click for names).]]
[[Image:Bungie West frontage.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The front of the San Jose office's building; taken by [[Harry]] when he [http://oni.bungie.org/special/ interviewed] the staff.]]
[[Image:Bungie West frontage.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The front of the San Jose office's building; taken by [[Harry]] when he [http://oni.bungie.org/special/ interviewed] the staff.]]
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==Closing and relocation==
==Closing and relocation==
On June 19, 2000, it was announced that Bungie had been sold to Microsoft. As the majority of the work on Oni for Windows and Mac came to a close in the fall of 2000, some Bungie West personnel began moving to Bungie's new location, a part of Microsoft's office complex in Seattle, Washington, while some employees went to other studios or formed their own.
On June 19, 2000, it was announced that Bungie had been sold to Microsoft. As the majority of the work on Oni for Windows and Mac came to a close in the fall of 2000, some Bungie West personnel began moving to [https://web.archive.org/web/20121018002238/http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003928945_bungie06.html Bungie's new location], Microsoft's Millennium office complex in Redmond, Washington, while some employees went to other studios or formed their own. In 2005, Bungie moved out of the Redmond offices [https://web.archive.org/web/20050324160959/http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/202048 into a building in Kirkland], a suburb between Seattle and Redmond.


In 2007, Bungie separated from Microsoft and moved to Kirkland, a suburb between Seattle and Redmond. Then in 2010 they moved to neighboring Bellevue, just south of Kirkland, and later expanded into Seattle. Very few of the men and women behind Oni still work at Bungie; the list of their names is found at the end of the [[Oni]] article.
In 2007, Bungie [https://web.archive.org/web/20121018002238/https://www.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003928945_bungie06.html separated from Microsoft] and expanded their Kirkland office. Then in 2010 they [https://web.archive.org/web/20100801201152/https://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_073010 moved to neighboring Bellevue], just south of Kirkland. Further growth in the studio led to [https://www.geekwire.com/2021/bungie-inks-lease-two-floors-downtown-seattle-tower-room-300-employees/ opening a second office] in Seattle in 2021. Very few of the men and women behind Oni still work at Bungie; the list of their names is found at the end of the [[Oni]] article.


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Bungie West frontage now.jpg
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[[Category:Oni history]]